Jurchen (in Chinese: Nüzhen (女真 in pinyin: nü3 zhen1)) refers to an ethnic group in Manchuria and northern Korea, and their language, writing system. The Jurchen later became the Manchus.
... of Dolly's sister Katarina (Kitty) whom he has previously been courting.
As the novel opens, Stiva's friend Levin has returned Moscow from his country estate with the ...